Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ACRO (Ascidian development and cytoplasmic reorganizations: dissecting the mechanisms that pattern developmental determinants and shape embryonic development)

In many animals, the asymmetries that underlie the specification of the body axes are established in the fertilized egg. For example, in frog and ascidian eggs, fertilization triggers massive cytoskeletal-dependent reorganizations of the cytosol to asymmetrically pattern...